Eight-Semester Plan for B.S.Ed. in Social Sciences with Double Major in History

Total Hours for Degree: 128
Total Hours of Pre-requisites: 6
Must pass PRAXIS I and hold a 2.75 GPA to be admitted to the College of Education and Allied Professions' Teacher Education Program
Must hold a 3.0 GPA in Social Science courses to student teach, and must pass Praxis II for licensure.
Must take Math 170 if that course is not taken in Liberal Studies.
Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.

Freshman Year
Fall
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
Freshman Seminar	190		3
C5 Science			3
P4 Humanities			3
C1 English	101	Composition I	3
C2 Math	170	Statistics	3
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
C5 Science			3
C1 English	202	Composition II	3
P1 Political Science	101	American Government	3
C3 Communications	201	Foundations of Communications	3
P3 History	200-level	U. S. History survey	3

Sophomore Year
Fall
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
Foreign Language	101	Foreign Language	3
History	297	Sophomore Seminar	3
P1 Economics	231 or 232	Economics	3
History	200-level	European History survey	3
C4 Health	111, 123, or HSCC 101	Health	3
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
P5 Fine and Performing Arts		Fine and Performing Arts	3
History	200-level	History survey in Africa, Latin America, or Asia	3
EDCI	201	Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society	3
Political Science	169	Global Issues	3
History	300 or 400-level	U.S. history, upper division elective	3
Foreign Language	102	Foreign Language	3

Junior Year
Fall
Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
Special Education	240	The Exceptional Child	3
History	300 or 400-level	European history, upper division elective	3
History	300 or 400-level	Upper division elective	3
Political Science	327	State and Local Government	3
Political Science	301, 308, or 312	Political science elective	3
Geography	350, 440, or 444	Economic, Regional, or Political Geography	3
Spring
Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
EDCI	430	Culturally Relevant Classroom Management	3
History	300 or 400-level	African, Latin American, or Asian history, upper division elective	3
History	395	Building a Democratic Classroom	3
Political Science	406	Teaching Civics and Economics	1
Political Science	313, 314, 315, 318, 322, or 494	Political science, upper division elective	3
Upper-Level Perspective	300 or 400-level	Upper division liberal studies perspective courses (can be accomplished with Geography 440 or History courses)	3

Senior Year
Fall
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
History	405	Methods for Teaching Social Sciences	3
History	310	Teaching World History	1
Political Science	313, 314, 315, 318, 322, or 494	Political science, upper division elective	3
History	300 or 400-level	History, upper division elective	3
EDSE	484	Supervised Internship I	3
Elective			4
Spring
Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
EDSE	485	Supervised Internship II	6
EDSE	495	Seminar	3
History	491	Supervised Student Teaching in Social Sciences	3

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